AI / ML Engineer

About Cogent Security

Cogent Security is on a mission to stop breaches and prevent cybercrime by innovating at the frontier of generative AI systems. We are building the world's first AI cyber taskforce, composed of AI agents capable of human-caliber reasoning and execution of cybersecurity tasks, that autonomously protects organizations from emerging threats. The early adopters of our technology include some of the world's most important institutions, spanning public companies, elite universities, and Fortune 500 corporations across industries.

Cogent was founded by a seasoned team of former engineering and product leaders, who bring decades of experience across cybersecurity and technology. The early team is fully in-person in San Francisco and New York, and consists of the top software engineering and machine learning talent from leading companies such as Abnormal Security, Coinbase, Microsoft, Tesla, Stripe and more. To support our ambitious growth plans, we recently raised a large Seed round from top investors and angels across AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise software.

As we execute on our mission, we are constantly pushing ourselves to ACHIEVe :

• A mbition for Excellence

We work backwards from the way things should be and constantly measure our progress against it

We obsess over the problems our customers face and relentlessly innovate to find the best solutions

We embrace hard conversations and actively seek the truth

We exhibit good judgment and are thoughtful about tradeoffs

We take pride in our work and never say the words "not my problem"

We don't leave for tomorrow what can be done today

As we extend our founding team, we are looking for talented, ambitious individuals who are excited to build in the Applied AI space!

About the Role

As we onboard our first design partners, Cogent is launching the world's first AI cyber taskforce, which is composed of AI agents capable of human-caliber reasoning for cybersecurity tasks. We are looking for talented, ambitious AI / ML Engineers who are excited to build in the Applied AI space.

What You'll Do & Achieve

Work closely with our design customers to design and launch our flagship AI agents that are capable of automating tasks in vulnerability management

Implement reusable system components for ranking, retrieval and search systems powered by LLMs for agentic automation

Onboard, support and uplevel future team members

What You'll Bring

For California Based Applicants

The standard base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $300,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.